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Yu Yu Hakusho - Spirit Detective Set

Yu Yu Hakusho - Spirit Detective Set

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Nothin like the good old spirit gun
Review: A rough tough school punk Yusuke Yurameshi did it all a very good fighter and wise guy things became weird when Yusuke lost his life to a speeding car after saving a young boy. Koenma the leader of spirit world decides to give yusuke a second chance on one condition he has to be a spirit detective a cop of the supernatural if you will. Accompanied by Boton the sexy grim reaper, Kazuma Kuwabara his long time rival, Hiei the fire apparition who yusuke recently busted,Kurama aka Yoko Kurama the most dreaded demon thief in spirit world but a normal guy in this one,and yusuke's teacher and mentor the psychic genkai they must fight hords of demons or they and the world will be cast into darkness. It tells a good story and is very action packed a true must see for newcomers or veterans of anime.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Season 1 Complete
Review: "Yu Yu Hakusho" is a shounen (young teen male) fight series that excels above others in this genre. The first season introduces us to the character of Yusuke Urameshi, a young punk who's single act of charity in giving up his life to save a young child causes the defacto ruler of the Sprit World ,Koenma-sama, to give him a 2nd chance. As such, Yusuke is assigned cases in which youkai (demons) criminals are on the loose and must be defeated. Yusuke is joined in this by former rival Kuwabara and ex-criminal youkai Hiei and Kurama as well as cute Botan (similar to Death) who serves as their intermediary and guide.

The English dub is well cast and the voice actors try to capture the spirit of their Japanese counterparts. They do tend to butcher names though. The English dub script is given a fairly heavy domestication treatment which will give the series a more "kiddy" feel. However English subtitles for the Japanese dub are very accurate and virtually undomesticated. Not only are Japanese honorifics left in, but terms such as "youkai", "yoki", and all of the Japanese attack names remain intact. This is an unusual move as far as American companies go, however for the hardcore "fanboy" "otaku" fans who watch the subtitles, this will be a very welcome addition. Not to worry, Japanese terms are either defined or the Japanese script defines them, so you'll know what they mean.

That aside, the accuracy of the translation of the Japanese script will show that it is the superior script over the English dub script. Those who watch English dubs will enjoy that version of YYH, but those willing to try out the Japanese version with subtitles will enjoy the story more as it is more intelligent at times and has the funnier jokes. But the point is that FUNimation knows there are two audiences for anime and have done their best to accomidate both. In this, FUNimation succeeds greatly.

The only downside is that most of the DVD's only contain 3 episodes which is a waste of space.

Bottom line: fans of YYH will want to get the box set to save some money. Whether you are a casual anime fan or a hardcore anime fan, FUNimation has you covered on this series. The series is good for some mindless, fun entertainment.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Season 1 Complete
Review: "Yu Yu Hakusho" is a shounen (young teen male) fight series that excels above others in this genre. The first season introduces us to the character of Yusuke Urameshi, a young punk who's single act of charity in giving up his life to save a young child causes the defacto ruler of the Sprit World ,Koenma-sama, to give him a 2nd chance. As such, Yusuke is assigned cases in which youkai (demons) criminals are on the loose and must be defeated. Yusuke is joined in this by former rival Kuwabara and ex-criminal youkai Hiei and Kurama as well as cute Botan (similar to Death) who serves as their intermediary and guide.

The English dub is well cast and the voice actors try to capture the spirit of their Japanese counterparts. They do tend to butcher names though. The English dub script is given a fairly heavy domestication treatment which will give the series a more "kiddy" feel. However English subtitles for the Japanese dub are very accurate and virtually undomesticated. Not only are Japanese honorifics left in, but terms such as "youkai", "yoki", and all of the Japanese attack names remain intact. This is an unusual move as far as American companies go, however for the hardcore "fanboy" "otaku" fans who watch the subtitles, this will be a very welcome addition. Not to worry, Japanese terms are either defined or the Japanese script defines them, so you'll know what they mean.

That aside, the accuracy of the translation of the Japanese script will show that it is the superior script over the English dub script. Those who watch English dubs will enjoy that version of YYH, but those willing to try out the Japanese version with subtitles will enjoy the story more as it is more intelligent at times and has the funnier jokes. But the point is that FUNimation knows there are two audiences for anime and have done their best to accomidate both. In this, FUNimation succeeds greatly.

The only downside is that most of the DVD's only contain 3 episodes which is a waste of space.

Bottom line: fans of YYH will want to get the box set to save some money. Whether you are a casual anime fan or a hardcore anime fan, FUNimation has you covered on this series. The series is good for some mindless, fun entertainment.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Season 1 Complete
Review: "Yu Yu Hakusho" is a shounen (young teen male) fight series that excels above others in this genre. The first season introduces us to the character of Yusuke Urameshi, a young punk who's single act of charity in giving up his life to save a young child causes the defacto ruler of the Sprit World ,Koenma-sama, to give him a 2nd chance. As such, Yusuke is assigned cases in which youkai (demons) criminals are on the loose and must be defeated. Yusuke is joined in this by former rival Kuwabara and ex-criminal youkai Hiei and Kurama as well as cute Botan (similar to Death) who serves as their intermediary and guide.

The English dub is well cast and the voice actors try to capture the spirit of their Japanese counterparts. They do tend to butcher names though. The English dub script is given a fairly heavy domestication treatment which will give the series a more "kiddy" feel. However English subtitles for the Japanese dub are very accurate and virtually undomesticated. Not only are Japanese honorifics left in, but terms such as "youkai", "yoki", and all of the Japanese attack names remain intact. This is an unusual move as far as American companies go, however for the hardcore "fanboy" "otaku" fans who watch the subtitles, this will be a very welcome addition. Not to worry, Japanese terms are either defined or the Japanese script defines them, so you'll know what they mean.

That aside, the accuracy of the translation of the Japanese script will show that it is the superior script over the English dub script. Those who watch English dubs will enjoy that version of YYH, but those willing to try out the Japanese version with subtitles will enjoy the story more as it is more intelligent at times and has the funnier jokes. But the point is that FUNimation knows there are two audiences for anime and have done their best to accomidate both. In this, FUNimation succeeds greatly.

The only downside is that most of the DVD's only contain 3 episodes which is a waste of space.

Bottom line: fans of YYH will want to get the box set to save some money. Whether you are a casual anime fan or a hardcore anime fan, FUNimation has you covered on this series. The series is good for some mindless, fun entertainment.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Sorry Anime fans.....
Review: ....... Ok, first off, I'm not too into anime, so I find it ridiculous for fans to give every single anime a perfect score. That's what most anime fans do. It's really odd. So if you're not really into animation, you'd be better off reading this review than a dude who's totally obsessed with the stuff. Not to say we don't all have our obssesions... it's just, from an outsider's perspective, the Japanese do some really stupid things in their animation. (Such as Domon in Mobile Fighter G Gundam splitting his Gundam into multiple to block incoming prjectiles--it's a robot, and CAN'T DO THAT!!!!!)

Ok, in a nutshell:
This show's about a dude who dies. Then he's awakened to become a spirit detective and he comes back to life. (I'm sparing you the details--read one of the major fan's reviews for the gist of the plot.) Anywho, he's been awakened to realize that he has to stop these demons because he can now control his own spirit energies, which all humans have but most never use. You see where this is going, right? He can point his finger like a gun and actually shoot from it. A dumb idea, but it's actually kinda funny. The show's pretty original, and honestly deserves about 2-3 stars, but with the amount of 5 stars given this thing by anime fans (we already went over this, most think every one is a masterpiece), it needs to be off-set. Anyways, this is a decent show, but the amount of absolutely stupid things that the characters are capable of doing is pretty lame. Of course, being an anime, the main character is practically a god that, even though he can (and is @ the beginning) be killed, he beats everything in his path. (Like Domon again...) LISTEN UP ANIMATORS! Quit making these characters out to be gods! LET THEM LOSE EVERY NOW AND THEN!

Whew! Well, that about sums it up. There are a lot of flaws in this show, but it's ok, overall. I wouldn't bother if you've never seen an anime. But if you're a hardcore anime fan--you'll love this show. For the rest of us--don't bother, it's actually kinda dumb.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: EXCELLENT BUY! TWO BIG THUMBS UP!
Review: For those who are fans of the manga, this anime exceeds all your expectations! The voice cast does a great job of tranlating the essence of this story into English and it's fun to listen to the original Japanese voice cast as well. You can't go wrong with this purchase...now we're looking forward to the Dark Tournament Saga!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Must have
Review: Having only watched a few episodes on adult swim before i got this, i had no idea what was in store for me, i was plesantly surprised. If you like Dragon Ball and all that, then you'll love Yu Yu Hakesho. This anime is halarious and has on the edge of your seat suspense when it comes down till whether or not Yusuke will ever come back to life again, or whether or not he will succed ion his struggle with Rando and Suzaku.

The japanese lanquage track is great and preferable to the english track where if you compare between the two you will find the dubbed translation is very inaccurate at times compared to the subtitles.

I find nothing wrong with this series at all....it is one all can love and enjoy, although with some adult themes and lanquage you may want to keep it away from little kids unless you are watching it in english.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Yu Yu Hakusho
Review: Hi,Im 13 and i luv anime!! i gave this 5 stars only because it's not my fave anime!!!my faves is:Inuyasha,it's the story of a japenese high school girl who gets pulled down her well by a demon.She is pulled back to the warring states era of japan, there she meets a half-demon named inuyasha.[inuyasha is really cute]It's an action romance,makes 4 wonderful anime!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent
Review: I bought this DVD for 49.99 a great discount, and it was great, its better than hanving to buy all 7 DVD's in the collection, and there is nice official art on the folds =D a must buy

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great
Review: I haven't bought this set but I know the series well.Anime is great(much better than in the US). This is about a boy name Yuskae(can't spell it right)Yuramishe who one day saves a boy life but dies in the doing. It so happens that the car wasn't to kill either of them and Yuskae has to go through ordeals to get his life back, but with doing so learns to use his Spirt energy in which he becomes detective of the spirt world. This has change the boy's life with him being in only middle school, but I promise you you will not be dissopointed with this great series that awaits you.(btw the theme song is very catchy!)


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